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The Moon on Sunday, July 12, 2015: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on July 12, 2015Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 July 2015380,637 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 12, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.7% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
380,637 km236,517 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2015 is on Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 02:20 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 01:25 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 8, 201520:24
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 16, 201501:25

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Sunday, July 12, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 16, 2015 to the new moon of July 16, 2015, a cycle of 29.47 days.